DARE Essay


Assignment summary: In order to show how the DARE program has impacted your life you need to write an essay that explains what you have learned from this program. In your essay you need to express your commitment to stay drug-free and violence-free. In doing this you need to express:
q What you enjoyed about the DARE program
q What you have learned to help you make healthy choices in order to stay drug free and avoid violence
q Why you think it is important to stay drug free and avoid violence

Purpose:To write a reflective essay about what you have learned from the DARE program

Writer’s Role: A fifth grader
Audience: Parents of fifth grade students and classmates
Form: Mutli – paragraph Essay

Focus Correction Areas:
1. An interesting, attention grabbing 25 points
introduction

2.
At least five details about what you have 25 points
learned in DARE and why these skills are
important

3.
Description of why it is important to make 35 points
healthy choices in order to stay drug-free
and avoid violence

4.
A strong concluding statement that states 15 points
your commitment to stay drug free



Procedure:

1. Brainstorm information learned from DARE program

2.
Brainstorm reasons to stay drug-free and violence-free

3.
Fill in organizer

4.
Type III – Write rough draft.

5.
Read your paper aloud to yourself and make any changes needed.

6.
Check for FCAs

7.
Hand in all work – rough draft on top.
This paper and organizer underneath.















DARE ESSAY GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Paragraph One: Describe what you enjoyed about the D.A.R.E. program and why
Interesting way to start: __
(look at sheet in writing folder)

Describe what you enjoyed
Explain why



Next one or two paragraphs: Describe what you have learned
What have you learned that can help you stay drug free?

What have you learned that can help you avoid violence?

Last paragraph: Describe why it’s important to make healthy choices in order to be drug-free and avoid violence (think about goals you have in your life and how getting involved with drugs or violence could ruin these goals)
Why it is important to be drug-free and avoid violence

Strong concluding statement stating your commitment to stay drug-free and avoid violence